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# If a child needs a vaporizer to alleviate discomfort (from bronchitis etc.), what may ask a non-Jew to plug it in on Shabbos to ease his pain. While some prohibit adding cold water to a cold water vaporizer<ref> Minchas Yitzchok 7:28, Be'er Moshe 6:51</ref>, others permit it if you pour it through the spout<ref> Sefer Hilchos Shabbos 8: footnote 64, B'shem R' Moshe Feinstien ZT”L</ref>. If it is a hot water vaporizer one may take previously boiled water from an urn and refill it<ref> Shalmai Yehudah pg. 44</ref>. | # If a child needs a vaporizer to alleviate discomfort (from bronchitis etc.), what may ask a non-Jew to plug it in on Shabbos to ease his pain. While some prohibit adding cold water to a cold water vaporizer<ref> Minchas Yitzchok 7:28, Be'er Moshe 6:51</ref>, others permit it if you pour it through the spout<ref> Sefer Hilchos Shabbos 8: footnote 64, B'shem R' Moshe Feinstien ZT”L</ref>. If it is a hot water vaporizer one may take previously boiled water from an urn and refill it<ref> Shalmai Yehudah pg. 44</ref>. | ||
==Diapering== | ==Diapering== | ||
# The issue of using baby wipes has been widely discussed ever since they've arrived on the market. While many insinuate from a response of R' Moshe Feinstien'' zt"l<ref> Igros Moshe O.C. 2:70</ref>'' that it is permitted, others require them to be squeezed out prior to Shabbos to the extent that if someone touches the wipe he won't be able to moisten something else<ref> Nishmas Shabbos 233</ref>. However many Poskim prohibit them entirely and give preference to wetting the baby (with oil, water, "baby shpritz" etc.) and then using a dry tissue to clean the child<ref> | # The issue of using baby wipes has been widely discussed ever since they've arrived on the market. While many insinuate from a response of R' Moshe Feinstien'' zt"l<ref> Igros Moshe O.C. 2:70</ref>'' that it is permitted, others require them to be squeezed out prior to Shabbos to the extent that if someone touches the wipe he won't be able to moisten something else<ref> Nishmas Shabbos 233</ref>. However many Poskim prohibit them entirely and give preference to wetting the baby (with oil, water, "baby shpritz" etc.) and then using a dry tissue to clean the child<ref> Minchat Yitzchak 10:25, Shevet Halevi 8:59, 39 Melachos (vol 2, pg 351-3) </ref>. However in situations where using oil or water serves to be very inconvenient, one may rely on the lenient view if one does it gently and doesn't press down.<ref> Rabbi Heshy Kahn (What's Doing, Greater Connecticut, 3/3/11) quoting Rabbi Moshe Plutchok based on the Har Tzvi and R' Shlomo Zalmen Aurbauch Zt”l, [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2277 Rabbi Mansour] on Dailyhalacha.com</ref> | ||
# Most diapers have an adhesive that needs to be unfastened and then taped onto the diaper. While it is praiseworthy to to be stringent and unfasten them and then refasten them again before Shabbos<ref> | # Most diapers have an adhesive that needs to be unfastened and then taped onto the diaper. While it is praiseworthy to to be stringent and unfasten them and then refasten them again before Shabbos<ref> Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 16:81</ref> [hence when putting on the diaper you would not be "ripping"something that was "sewn" for over twenty four hours], one can be lenient if he failed to do so<ref> Sha'arim Metzuyanim L'Halacha 80:45</ref>. | ||
==Diaper rashes== | ==Diaper rashes== | ||
# In the event that the child requires cream for a diaper rash (i.e. Desitin, Balmax etc.), one may squeeze it out onto the affected area and allow the child to smear it on himself via his movement<ref> SSK”H 33:14</ref>. | # In the event that the child requires cream for a diaper rash (i.e. Desitin, Balmax etc.), one may squeeze it out onto the affected area and allow the child to smear it on himself via his movement<ref> SSK”H 33:14</ref>. | ||
